Which of the following was not an impetus for exploration in the 1450s?
A. new maritime technology
B. the whaling industry
C. a new profit motive among merchants
D. the zeal to spread Christianity
B. the whaling industry
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Afghanistan was set up by the British in the late 1800s to be a _____________ between the British Indian Empire and the expanding Russian empire.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The two largest language families in the world are
A) Indo-Iranian and Balto-Slavic. B) Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European. C) Afro-Asiatic and Sino-Tibetan. D) Balto-Slavic and Sino-Tibetan. E) Altaic and Nilo-Saharan.
Which of the following is true of an amino acid at a pH above its isoelectric point?
A) It will have a negative charge. B) It will be electrically neutral. C) It will have a positive charge. D) We cannot predict its charge.
What type of rock forms from the solidification of molten material?
A) sedimentary B) igneous C) clastic D) foliated E) metamorphic